Remote Combat Effects Campaign Medal

Remote Combat Effects
Campaign Medal
TypeService medal
Awarded forParticipating in a combat operation from a remote location in a non-deployed status on or after September 11, 2001
Presented bythe U.S. Department of the Air Force[1]
EligibilityU.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force personnel
StatusCurrently awarded
Established22 May 2019
First awarded2019 (retroactive to September 11, 2001)
Service ribbon of the medal
Precedence
Next (higher)Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal[2]
Next (lower)Air and Space Campaign Medal[3]

The Remote Combat Effects Campaign Medal (RCECM) is a United States Air Force and United States Space Force campaign medal established on 22 May 2019. The medal recognizes air force personnel, "in non-deployed status who directly participated in a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) combat operation from a remote location.[4]

  1. ^ "Production publication" (PDF). static.e-publishing.af.mil. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  2. ^ "Decorations and Ribbons". Archived from the original on 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  3. ^ "MEMORANDUM FOR AF/A1 SUBJECT: Establishment of a Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal" (PDF). United States Air Force. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  4. ^ Air Force releases criteria for new Remote Combat Effects Campaign Medal, Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs, October 28, 2019.